Spiritrust Lutheran Home Care & Hospice
187 east main streetWestminsterMD21157
5 Star CMS Rating
86%
Patient Recommended
5 Star Patient Rating
Services
Types of services offered to patients
| Offers Nursing Care Services | |
| Offers Home Health Aide Services | |
| Offers Physical Therapy Services | |
| Offers Occupational Therapy Services | |
| Offers Speech Pathology Services | |
| Offers Medical Social Services |
Ratings
HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
| 5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 90 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 91 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 4 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 88 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 86 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 372 | Number of completed surveys |
| 30 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 97.6 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.3 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 99.8 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 98.5 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 72 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 74.4 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 95.1 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 76.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 88.6 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 77.8 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 79.2 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 92.6 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 70.2 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 14.9 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 12.1 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 93.5 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| 0.17 | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 872 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 1,104 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 78.99 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 87.54 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 85.05 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 1 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Better Than National Rate |
| 27 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 723 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 3.73 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.33 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.56 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.36 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 0.99 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 1,853 | Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
Service Area
Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
| Big Pool, MD | 21711 |
| Boonsboro, MD | 21713 |
| Brunswick, MD | 21716 |
| Cascade, MD | 21719 |
| Cavetown, MD | 21720 |
| Clear Spring, MD | 21722 |
| Emmitsburg, MD | 21727 |
| Fairplay, MD | 21733 |
| Finksburg, MD | 21048 |
| Frederick, MD | 21701, 21702, 21703, 21704, 21705 |
| Funkstown, MD | 21734 |
| Hagerstown, MD | 21740, 21741, 21742, 21749 |
| Hampstead, MD | 21074 |
| Hancock, MD | 21750 |
| Jefferson, MD | 21755 |
| Keedysville, MD | 21756 |
| Keymar, MD | 21757 |
| Knoxville, MD | 21758 |
| Libertytown, MD | 21762 |
| Manchester, MD | 21102 |
| Maugansville, MD | 21767 |
| Middletown, MD | 21769 |
| Mount Airy, MD | 21771 |
| Myersville, MD | 21773 |
| New Market, MD | 21774 |
| New Windsor, MD | 21776 |
| Reisterstown, MD | 21136 |
| Sabillasville, MD | 21780 |
| Sharpsburg, MD | 21782 |
| Smithsburg, MD | 21783 |
| Sykesville, MD | 21784 |
| Taneytown, MD | 21787 |
| Thurmont, MD | 21788 |
| Union Bridge, MD | 21791 |
| Walkersville, MD | 21793 |
| Westminster, MD | 21157, 21158 |
| Williamsport, MD | 21795 |
| Woodbine, MD | 21797 |
| Woodsboro, MD | 21798 |
| Littlestown, PA | 17340 |